There was plenty to cheer for in a jam-packed Sandoval County Commission meeting on Feb. 28 before the important county business. Daniel Beaman, the Director of Planning and Zoning for […]
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Posted inOpinion, Westside
Former Dem. Manny Gonzales III couldn’t win GOP support for US Senate. A month later, he’s already running for a different GOP office.
Commentary by Pat Davis, City Desk The website mannyforsenate.com still promotes Manny Gonzales III’s one-month campaign as a Republican candidate for US Senate in Washington D.C. The campaign Facebook page […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Education
Next year’s APS budget includes more money for special education, less money for food
Albuquerque Public Schools will have less money to work with next fiscal year, but it is working on ways to lessen the disruption in services, budget officials told the Board […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Housing & Homelessness
Roadrunner CEO: ‘Food insecurity can strike anyone’
Roadrunner by the numbers: Dana Yost was named the president and CEO of Albuquerque-based Roadrunner Food Bank in August 2023. He comes to the city from Tucson, Arizona — a […]
Posted inEducation, New Mexico Statewide News
NM ranks dead last in education. Will 180 days in the classroom help?
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has adopted a new rule mandating that school calendars consist of at least 180 days, with top state […]
Posted inNational News, New Mexico Statewide News
These 5 New Mexicans are headed to the State of the Union to highlight local education, women’s health and downwinder issues in DC
Tonight, President Joe Biden will give one of the most important speeches of his political career in front of a joint session of Congress. The annual speech gives the president […]
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, New Mexico Statewide News
AG gets funding for proposed missing and murdered Indigenous people task force
Attorney General Raúl Torrez will have $200,000 at his disposal to create a new task force focused on the disproportionate rates at which Indigenous people experience violence and go missing. Gov. Michelle […]
Posted inLocal Gov.
Commissioners make no decisions on Mountain View neighborhood development plans
Bernalillo County Commissioners discussed how to get a handle on the future of the Mountain View Neighborhood area, accepted close to $1 million to keep the national supply chain moving […]
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, New Mexico Statewide News
Jury convicts movie armorer of involuntary manslaughter in fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A jury convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by […]
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, New Mexico Statewide News
Defendants in terrorism and kidnapping case sentenced in New Mexico
A U.S. judge handed down sentences Wednesday for five defendants in a federal terrorism and kidnapping case that stemmed from the search for a toddler who went missing from Georgia […]